2020
DOI: 10.22201/igg.25940694e.2020.2.73
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An index of municipality-level vulnerability to COVID-19 in Mexico

Abstract: In face to the novel COVID-19 and the high mortality ratio associated with different comorbidities in Mexico (and elsewhere), we identified the need to characterize the risk of regional population to COVID-19, exclusively as a result of their health status. With data from the 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT), we have calculated a vulnerability index that includes hypertension, diabetes, obesity, chronic renal insufficiency, smoking, and cardiovascular diseases, as well as age cohort and sex … Show more

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“…It is interesting to note that, from a different perspective, there are some coincidences with the observations made above. In the study of Ávila Ortega, D., Flores Santana, C., and Gómez Hernández, D. (2020), an index of municipal vulnerability to Covid-19 is offered. This index takes into account several elements, such as different comorbidities in the population, age and access to health services.…”
Section: Poverty / Pobrezamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is interesting to note that, from a different perspective, there are some coincidences with the observations made above. In the study of Ávila Ortega, D., Flores Santana, C., and Gómez Hernández, D. (2020), an index of municipal vulnerability to Covid-19 is offered. This index takes into account several elements, such as different comorbidities in the population, age and access to health services.…”
Section: Poverty / Pobrezamentioning
confidence: 99%